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Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay · 812 U.S. hospitals publish a price

Cheapest quarter

under $33,604

Typical charge

$47,859

Dearest quarter

over $71,585

Actually paid

$13,208

The middle U.S. hospital bills $47,859 for Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.0x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $13,208 per case.

These are charges, not quotes. What you pay depends on your insurance and your own case. The figures matter because the charge is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications cost by state

The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.

State Hospitals Typical charge Range
Maryland 28 $20,485 $12,316 – $56,522
Massachusetts 31 $23,119 $12,242 – $83,076
Maine 3 $27,655 $27,511 – $46,581
Michigan 27 $30,347 $17,467 – $55,398
Utah 3 $31,838 $22,332 – $48,326
Missouri 18 $32,691 $20,923 – $103,760
Mississippi 7 $33,423 $25,484 – $68,310
Montana 3 $33,493 $26,013 – $42,294
West Virginia 4 $34,448 $19,599 – $54,267
Kentucky 10 $35,008 $19,955 – $72,781
Ohio 35 $35,436 $14,862 – $71,496
Rhode Island 4 $35,592 $25,656 – $38,156
Tennessee 14 $36,230 $19,417 – $165,499
Arkansas 6 $36,607 $14,160 – $47,854
Virginia 25 $37,010 $20,439 – $89,105
Minnesota 10 $37,365 $18,280 – $68,273
Nebraska 7 $37,522 $25,900 – $52,152
Alabama 8 $38,775 $26,027 – $80,791
Indiana 14 $38,814 $23,242 – $99,303
New Hampshire 6 $39,006 $30,023 – $64,189
North Carolina 23 $39,358 $27,063 – $62,296
Iowa 5 $39,569 $24,246 – $71,995
Wisconsin 10 $39,965 $24,565 – $80,716
Illinois 37 $40,863 $18,876 – $89,165
Oregon 7 $41,084 $27,077 – $122,804
Idaho 4 $44,600 $20,078 – $54,499
Oklahoma 9 $46,056 $25,012 – $92,988
South Carolina 16 $46,261 $16,226 – $89,065
District of Columbia 4 $49,993 $45,803 – $138,248
Connecticut 8 $50,526 $44,305 – $69,154
Kansas 7 $50,776 $29,159 – $115,441
Georgia 21 $51,830 $20,500 – $76,455
South Dakota 3 $54,219 $40,972 – $60,347
Pennsylvania 52 $54,755 $15,421 – $153,935
Louisiana 6 $57,240 $37,388 – $84,340
New York 67 $57,759 $17,060 – $158,684
Washington 21 $60,952 $26,728 – $123,875
Arizona 12 $62,527 $36,442 – $107,732
Florida 66 $66,545 $22,834 – $139,113
New Jersey 36 $70,760 $42,311 – $349,880
Texas 45 $73,084 $23,970 – $160,163
Colorado 5 $73,154 $52,403 – $121,877
California 67 $79,569 $34,474 – $195,769
Nevada 9 $120,365 $40,218 – $188,771

Where Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications is charged least

Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.

Hospital Charged Actually paid
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

Milton, MA

$12,242 $10,104
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc

Annapolis, MD

$12,316 $11,334
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center

Columbia, MD

$12,468 $11,172
Winchester Hospital

Winchester, MA

$12,790 $10,172
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center

Rosedale, MD

$13,394 $11,943
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth

Plymouth, MA

$13,741 $10,024
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center

Towson, MD

$13,921 $12,462
Emerson Hospital -

W Concord, MA

$13,970 $9,560
Frederick Health Hospital

Frederick, MD

$14,009 $12,660
White County Medical Center

Searcy, AR

$14,160 $10,518
Milford Regional Medical Center

Milford, MA

$14,611 $10,304
Firelands Regional Medical Center

Sandusky, OH

$14,862 $10,515

Where it is charged most

Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.

Hospital Charged Actually paid
Capital Health Regional Medical Center

Trenton, NJ

$349,880 $20,338
Stanford Health Care

Stanford, CA

$195,769 $23,948
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center

Las Vegas, NV

$188,771 $12,081
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

$173,378 $17,196
Clara Maass Medical Center

Belleville, NJ

$168,759 $21,169
Tristar Centennial Medical Center

Nashville, TN

$165,499 $11,177
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital

Tyler, TX

$160,163 $13,519
Nassau University Medical Center

East Meadow, NY

$158,684 $26,030
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

San Jose, CA

$158,256 $29,602
Mount Sinai West

New York, NY

$155,270 $27,680
Temple University Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

$153,935 $17,533
Corpus Christi Medical Center,The

Corpus Christi, TX

$153,288 $11,372

Questions people ask

What do U.S. hospitals charge for Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications?

Across 812 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications is $47,859. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $33,604 and the dearest quarter over $71,585.

Why do hospitals charge such different amounts for the same procedure?

Because a hospital charge is a list price it sets itself, not a regulated rate. For Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.0x what the cheapest tenth charge for the same coded work. Insurers negotiate their own rates from those lists, which is why the charge and what is actually paid can be very far apart.

Is that what I would actually pay?

No. $13,208 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $58,474. If you have insurance, your plan pays a negotiated rate and you pay your deductible and coinsurance. If you are uninsured or out of network, the hospital's charge is where your bill starts — which is why the gap matters. Ask for a written good-faith estimate before treatment.

What this code covers

CMS records this work as MS-DRG 057: “DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC”. A DRG covers a whole inpatient stay rather than a single item, so the charge includes the room, the procedure and the care around it. Codes that mention complications carry a different, usually higher price.